# Canonical recap data for Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)
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slug: bay-of-pigs
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1961/bay-of-pigs"
title: Bay of Pigs Invasion
subtitle: The failed CIA-backed invasion of Cuba escalated Cold War tensions and consolidated Fidel Castro's hold on power.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1961-04-20
endDate: 1961-04-19
datePrecision: day
year: 1961
decade: 1960
country:
name: Cuba
slug: cuba
summaryShort: The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the United States and the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, clandestinely and directly financed by the U.S. government. Th
summaryLong: The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the United States and the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, clandestinely and directly financed by the U.S. government. The operation took place at the height of the Cold War, and its failure influenced relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Bay of Pigs Invasion"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion"
  title: Bay of Pigs Invasion
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the United States and the Cuban Democratic R
wikidataQid: Q191721
